Lights Out was the twelfth Puffin eshort released. It was released one year after the series originally ended, to commemorate the debut of the Twelfth Doctor.
It was later published in the short stories anthologies 12 Doctors, 12 Stories and Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories.
Publisher's summary
As the newly-regenerated Twelfth Doctor arrives on our TV screens, Puffin are publishing the twelfth instalment in its sensational series of Doctor Who eShorts! With 11 previous stories by some of the most exciting names in children's fiction, this Twelfth Doctor ebook is written by bestselling US author Holly Black.
Plot
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Characters
References
- The Doctor claims the Intergalactic Coffee Roasting Station only has the third best coffee in the universe, after the one brewed by Elisabeth Pepys and the one Sergeant Benton made.
- Amongst the customers at the ICRS are a Vinvocci, Graske, Terileptil, Blowfish, Catkind, Silurian, and Tivolian.
- When asked if shadows killed a woman, the Doctor says it wasn't Vashta Nerada and considers if the murderer could have been a Plasmavore.
- 78351 is made of a pinch of Axon, a bit of Ogron, and a dash of Pyrovile.
- The Doctor mentions Collabria.
Notes
- This is the third eShort to feature an original companion. The previous ones were Spore and The Beast of Babylon.
- An audiobook of the story was read by Samuel Anderson.
Continuity
- 78351 did a contract job for the Galatron Mining Corporation. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
- The Intergalactic Coffee Roasting Station is in orbit around the planet Chloris. (TV: The Creature from the Pit)
- The Doctor is buying a coffee for Clara. (TV: Deep Breath)
- The Doctor refers to Clara as impossible. (TV: Nightmare in Silver et al.)
- The Doctor says people still drink coffee in the year 100 trillion. (TV: Utopia)